21st Annual Eastern NC Landscape Conference & Trade Show Feb. 5, 2019
This Landscape Conference and Trade Show will focus on a number of topics including pesticide safety, disease management, lawn …
Agriculture & Food
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February 12, 2019 Eastern NC Nursery Conference Registration Available Now
This educational conference will focus on commercial ornamental nursery production and will be held at the Wilson County Agricultural …
WCBA December Meeting
In the spirit of the holiday season, we are having our first annual Christmas Party! It will be a …
January 29, 2019 NC Greenhouse PourThru Workshop, Raleigh, NC
January 29, 2019, NC Greenhouse PourThru Workshop for ornamental greenhouse growers will be held in the classroom in the …
Wilson County Beekeepers Association Meeting
Want to know which plants bees love? Then come out to hear Ms. Vivian Lamm, an Extension Master Gardener℠ …
Wilson County 4-H Livestock Show & Sale- Interest Meeting
October 23, 2018 6:30 p.m. Wilson County Ag Center For those youth and parents interested in participating in the 2019 Wilson County …
Yuck! Is It Polluted?
“Yuck! Is it polluted?” is a frequent question when people see our ditches and waterways with fluffy orange growths, …
What to Do After the Disaster - Resources Green Industries
Many of you may have received this information. Thanks to Danny Lauderdale for the following post on his website. I …
UPDATED-Wilson County Beekeepers September Meeting
*****DUE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE, SEPTEMBER MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.******* Did you know you can supplement the honey flow to help …
American Community Gardening Association Annual Conference Sept 13-16 2018 Atlanta
Excellent Workshops Outstanding Tours Wonderful Networking Join us! Registration is $200 Register online A Pre-Conference Workshop with The Cornell University Lab of Ornithology “Building Meaningful …
Wilson County Beekeepers Association Monthly Meeting
Did you know there could be a menace lurking in your beehive? Want to learn how to get rid …
August 8, 2018 Eastern NC Nursery Field Day
Registration is available now for the nursery grower field day at Castle Hayne on August 8: The field day will be located at the Horticultural Crops Research Station …
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County Extension Programs
- Growing Small Farms: Sustainable Agriculture in North Carolina
- Wilson Botanical Gardens
- Wilson County Farmers Market
- Wilson County Young Farmers Association
Extension Programs at NC State University
Information Portals
- Ag BioTech
- Executive Farm Management Program
- Extension Entomology - Insect Biology and Management
- Extension Plant Pathology
- Horticulture
- Industrial Hemp
- NC Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
- NC Pesticide Safety Education
- NC Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program
- Official Variety Testing
More Extension Programs at NC State University
- Agricultural and Human Sciences
- Agriculture and Resource Economics Extension
- Apiculture and Beekeeping
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
- Crop and Soil Sciences
- Extension Soils Program
Partnerships and Organizations
- Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS)
- NC Climate Data
- NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- NC State Climate Office
- USDA Agricultural Marketing Service
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